Topic - There's an App for That: The Business of Going Mobile

Moderator: Brian Smith
Panelists: Royce Haynes, Co-Founder of Jiffy Card; Tony Caudill, Airreal Mobile; Joe Terry, Airreal Mobile; Chris Puglisi, Mellow Militia

Angry Birds. FaceTime. Instragram. What app will they think of next? Mobile apps have become so popular within the last couple of years that there seems to be an app for everything...even for small businesses and startups.

But why are apps such a big deal? How do you go about designing your own app? What team should you form in order to produce a successful mobile app? And most importantly, does your business even need one?

Learn from a handful of mobile app experts at There's an App for That: The Business of Going Mobile. During this session, you will learn what strategies to incorporate when developing an app and the importance of apps on today's digital and mobile world.

In this session, participants will learn:

• How to determine whether or not a business should develop an app
• The challenges and benefits of developing mobile apps
• How to find the right team to build an app

 

Bio

Royce Haynes is the co-founder of Jiffy Card, a mobile app that helps professionals and students create, share, and study electronic flashcards. The idea for Jiffy Card hatched when Royce overhead a family member, who was preparing for the HRCP certification exam, say how useful it would be to have a deck of electronic flashcards on a mobile device. With the seed planted in his head, Royce expanded on the idea, making a concerted effort to learn Android technology and solve his family member's need. By creating a mobile application that allows users to create information or purchase pre-populated electronic flashcards, Jiffy Card has become an active platform that allows content providers and users to make and study flashcards both on the web and on mobile devices.

Royce has spent three years in the software development industry. As his talents and interests broadened, those he worked with began to call him a "triple threat"; an innovator of software, a great listener, and a visionary.

Royce is an aspiring entrepreneur with an unquenchable thirst to learn and discover. He is inspired by fresh ideas that have potential to enhance the lives of the everyday consumer. Royce strives to execute his visions in order to build software products that not only solve problems, but impact people in a significant way.

Royce graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in Computer Science. To learn more about Royce, visit his website: www.roycehaynes.com.